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Temperature Change on Land, 1968

1968, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much warmer — or, occasionally, colder — a country's land surface was over a year than its own average for 1951–1980, in degrees Celsius. FAO calculates it for every country from NASA's global surface temperature record, which makes it the plainest country-by-country measure of how far the climate has already moved.

Temperature Change on Land, 1968 covers 163 countries on 2 measures. Argentina is highest, at 0.483; Finland is lowest, at -1.629. The middle country reads -0.193. Against 1967, 162 values changed (68 up, 94 down), 1 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1968

HighestArgentina

0.483

LowestFinland

-1.629

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Temperature Change on Land, 1968, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 163 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1968: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.4830.306
CanadaCANNorthern America0.4760.642
PolandPOLEastern Europe0.4620.777
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.4560.634
BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.4220.573
UruguayURYSouth America0.4220.385
ChileCHLSouth America0.3860.266
HungaryHUNEastern Europe0.3840.630
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.2710.696
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.2150.529
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.2030.613
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.1900.430
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.1540.617
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.0970.311
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.0860.421
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe0.0820.434
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.0810.402
NigerNERWestern Africa0.0660.334
TongaTONPolynesia0.0520.234
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.0480.412
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.0230.440
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.0210.324
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe0.0130.466
BoliviaBOLSouth America0.0120.304
MonacoMCOWestern Europe0.0020.338

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Argentina0.483
  2. Canada0.476
  3. Poland0.462
  4. Romania0.456
  5. Bulgariashared0.422

Lowest

  1. Finland-1.629
  2. Taiwan-0.956
  3. Norway-0.933
  4. Sweden-0.929
  5. Mongolia-0.807

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.193. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the 1951–1980 baseline (°C)

    HighestFinland0.986

    LowestIndonesia0.153

    Middle country: 0.299

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 163 in both
  • 68 · 94rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Singapore

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1968.

  • 150 distinct values among 163

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share -0.082. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1968). Temperature Change on Land, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1968

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